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Top Ten
1. Analogic Corp.
2. State Street Corp.
3. BJ's Wholesale Club
4. Charles River Labs
5. Yankee Candle
6. Staples
7. Gillette
8. TJX Cos.
9. Kronos
10. Investors Fin. Svcs.
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The Sales 100
Companies ranked by net revenue.
| Rank |
2002 rank |
Company |
2001 Revenues ($ millions) |
% change 2000 to 2001 |
| 1 | 1 | Raytheon Co. | 16,760.0 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 3 | TJX Cos. | 11,981.2 | 11.9 |
| 3 | 2 | Staples | 11,596.1 | 7.9 |
| 4 | 4 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 8,696.0 | -8.6 |
| 5 | 5 | John Hancock Financial Services | 8,455.1 | -7.2 |
| 6 | 6 | Gillette Co. | 8,453.0 | 4.6 |
| 7 | 8 | BJ's Wholesale Club | 5,859.7 | 12.2 |
| 8 | 7 | EMC Corp. | 5,438.4 | -23.3 |
| 9 | 9 | State Street Corp. | 4,396.0 | 14.9 |
| 10 | 10 | Allmerica Financial Corp. | 3,316.6 | 0.1 |
| 11 | 12 | Reebok International Ltd. | 3,127.9 | 4.5 |
| 12 | 13 | Boston Scientific Corp. | 2,919.0 | 9.2 |
| 13 | 11 | Nstar | 2,719.1 | -14.8 |
| 14 | 14 | Thermo Electron Corp. | 2,086.4 | -4.7 |
| 15 | 15 | Analog Devices | 1,782.0 | -6.1 |
| 16 | 17 | Talbots | 1,595.3 | -1.1 |
| 17 | 16 | Cabot Corp. | 1,588.0 | -3.9 |
| 18 | 21 | PerkinElmer | 1,505.0 | -1.3 |
| 19 | 23 | Iron Mountain | 1,318.5 | 11.2 |
| 20 | 24 | Commerce Group | 1,257.1 | 9.0 |
| 21 | 20 | Teradyne | 1,222.2 | -15.2 |
| 22 | 26 | Biogen | 1,148.4 | 10.2 |
| 23 | 18 | Perini Corp. | 1,085.0 | -30.2 |
| 24 | 27 | Genzyme Corp. - General Division | 1,080.2 | 10.0 |
| 25 | 30 | Waters Corp. | 890.0 | 3.6 |
| 26 | 32 | Keane | 873.2 | 12.1 |
| 27 | 19 | Manufacturers' Services Ltd. | 853.7 | -43.9 |
| 28 | 34 | Tweeter Home Entertainment Group | 793.8 | 26.0 |
| 29 | 25 | American Tower Corp. | 788.4 | 0.4 |
| 30 | 29 | Parametric Technology Corp. | 718.5 | -20.0 |
| 31 | 33 | Millipore Corp. | 704.3 | 7.2 |
| 32 | 38 | Watts Industries (class A) | 615.5 | 12.1 |
| 33 | 47 | Parexel International Corp. | 602.8 | 16.5 |
| 34 | 37 | UniFirst Corp. | 585.5 | 4.9 |
| 35 | 36 | Friendly Ice Cream Corp. | 570.4 | 3.2 |
| 36 | 28 | CMGI | 555.6 | -7.1 |
| 37 | 44 | Charles River Laboratories International | 554.6 | 19.1 |
| 38 | 35 | New England Business Service | 547.9 | -3.8 |
| 39 | 39 | Stride Rite Corp. | 532.4 | 0.6 |
| 40 | 98 | Skyworks Solutions | 524.2 | 95.1 |
| 41 | | Five Star Quality Care | 522.3 | 136.1 |
| 42 | 40 | Eaton Vance Corp. | 512.2 | -0.5 |
| 43 | 48 | Affiliated Managers Group | 482.5 | 18.2 |
| 44 | 57 | Analogic Corp. | 461.4 | 37.4 |
| 45 | 46 | American Biltrite | 445.4 | 7.7 |
| 46 | 50 | Yankee Candle Co. | 444.8 | 17.1 |
| 47 | 53 | Investors Financial Services Corp. | 437.6 | 21.3 |
| 48 | | Casual Male Retail Group | 420.8 | 115.7 |
| 49 | 45 | Avid Technology | 418.7 | -3.7 |
| 50 | 54 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 407.5 | 17.8 |
| 51 | 56 | Interactive Data Corp. | 375.0 | 10.3 |
| 52 | 49 | Mestek | 373.9 | -5.1 |
| 53 | 59 | Quaker Fabric Corp. | 365.4 | 10.4 |
| 54 | 63 | Kronos | 356.0 | 16.2 |
| 55 | 73 | Millennium Pharmaceuticals | 353.0 | 43.4 |
| 56 | 72 | Clean Harbors | 350.1 | 39.2 |
| 57 | 66 | J. Jill Group | 347.6 | 21.1 |
| 58 | 43 | Ionics | 335.4 | -28.1 |
| 59 | 62 | Haemonetics Corp. | 335.1 | 5.6 |
| 60 | 70 | PolyMedica Corp. | 334.6 | 26.9 |
| 61 | 52 | Steinway Musical Instruments | 332.3 | -5.8 |
| 62 | 55 | Circor International | 331.4 | -3.4 |
| 63 | 58 | Brooks Automation | 330.9 | 0.7 |
| 64 | 64 | Aspen Technology | 327.6 | 1.9 |
| 65 | 75 | Digitas | 321.0 | -4.3 |
| 66 | 67 | MKS Instruments | 314.8 | 9.8 |
| 67 | 41 | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates | 313.6 | -35.1 |
| 68 | 51 | Axcelis Technologies | 309.7 | -15.2 |
| 69 | 71 | Progress Software Corp. | 273.1 | 3.6 |
| 70 | 76 | Genzyme Biosurgery Division | 240.1 | 2.1 |
| 71 | 99 | Sepracor | 239.0 | 57.1 |
| 72 | 78 | Cytyc Corp. | 236.5 | 7.0 |
| 73 | 68 | RSA Security | 232.1 | -17.9 |
| 74 | 87 | Boston Beer Co. (class A) | 215.4 | 15.3 |
| 75 | 88 | Maxwell Shoe Co. (class A) | 211.4 | 14.0 |
| 76 | | Inverness Medical Innovations | 207.9 | 339.8 |
| 77 | 80 | Courier Corp. | 205.3 | 0.9 |
| 78 | 81 | Dynamics Research Corp. | 192.6 | 1.2 |
| 79 | 90 | Hologic | 191.6 | 4.8 |
| 80 | 77 | Kadant | 185.7 | -16.0 |
| 81 | 82 | L.S. Starrett Co. (class A) | 183.1 | -7.5 |
| 82 | | Mykrolis Corp. | 178.4 | -17.1 |
| 83 | 60 | Sapient Corp. | 173.8 | -46.5 |
| 84 | 86 | MRO Software | 169.3 | -11.1 |
| 85 | 93 | Mercury Computer Systems | 164.9 | -1.8 |
| 86 | 94 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 161.1 | -3.8 |
| 87 | | Zoll Medical Corp. | 160.0 | 29.1 |
| 88 | 83 | Vicor Corp. | 152.6 | -22.1 |
| 89 | 100 | Mac-Gray Corp. | 150.4 | -1.1 |
| 90 | | American Dental Partners | 146.8 | 3.7 |
| 91 | 95 | Akamai Technologies | 145.0 | -11.2 |
| 92 | | First Years | 134.4 | 6.8 |
| 93 | | SeaChange International | 133.8 | 15.6 |
| 94 | | Saucony (class B) | 133.5 | 0.9 |
| 95 | 91 | Lightbridge | 133.4 | -24.4 |
| 96 | | Charles River Associates | 130.7 | 19.0 |
| 97 | | Seacoast Financial Services Corp. | 128.1 | 13.3 |
| 98 | 97 | MicroFinancial | 126.8 | -17.7 |
| 99 | | MatrixOne | 123.7 | -10.6 |
| 100 | | Independent Bank Corp. | 118.7 | 10.7 |
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| For banks and S&Ls, revenue equals the sum of net interest income, after provisions for load losses, and non-interest income. Data compiled by Compustat. |
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